The Ayyubid Orogen: An Ophiolite Obduction-Driven Orogen in the Late Cretaceous of the Neo-Tethyan South Margin

• Published in: Geoscience Canada
• Main Authors: Şengör, A. M. Celâl, Stock, Joann
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: unknown
• Published: Geological Association of Canada 2014
• Subjects: Bogen; Newfoundland
• Online Access: https://authors.library.caltech.edu/46258/; https://resolver.caltech.edu/CaltechAUTHORS:20140613-081909428

A minimum 5000-km long obduction-driven orogeny of medial to late Cretaceous age is located between Cyrenaica in eastern Libya and Oman. It is herein called the Ayyubid Orogen after the Ayyubid Empire that covered much of its territory. The Ayyubid orogen is distinct from other Alpide orogens and ha...